Leaves, leafs, leave — to find home

The cascading leaves
Swirling, flutter, and land
As I take my own leave
The sun shining on me

I arrive to a home
That feels evermore so
Out of place from now;
I belong elsewhere

How to belong?

Watching the lives
Of my attachments change
Fall away like the autumn colors

Not to renew and grow
After the thaws of the same sun

I hope — even still —to belong
To the spring
Of my heart’s concern anew.